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Ware of the Week: Imagine Free for Instagram

In our weekly series, Ware of the Week, we showcase our favourite organised lines of code from the world of mobile and desktop computing….

Is South Africa ready for its Instacart moment?

Getting home after a long day, you put your keys and bag down, kick your feet up, get comfortable and ease into you couch….

The good kind of bad: 5 of our favourite gaming villains

The heroes of our games would be nothing without their contrasting counterparts. A villain drives the hero forward, gives meaning to his cause. A…

Rosberg finally outshines Hamilton: the weekend motorsport roundup

It was a bumper motorsport weekend and in more ways than one. We’ve seen some big accidents in some of the races this weekend,…

Ventureburn speaks to entrepreneurial maestro Adii Pienaar on Receiptful’s $500k Angel round

South African serial entrepreneur and investor Adii Pienaar’s new startup called Receiptful is making some noise. The co-founder of the popular website theme builder,…

4 tips startups can take from the traditional blueprint of disruption

Saul Alinsky published a somewhat controversial book back in 1971, called Rules for Radicals. It details the structure and organisation employed in revolutions. A…

Acer Aspire V17 Nitro review-in-brief: powerful but uninspiring

Choosing a gaming laptop is a very personal affair, even more so than building a gaming rig. When drawing up specs for a built…

Taking Nigerians cashless: Q&A with PayPal’s business lead for Africa

Nigeria’s 170-million plus population has an estimated 60-million internet users, making it the largest potential market for PayPal of all the countries it has…

Ideas to Reality: 5 creative ways to quickly validate your product

Ideas to Reality is an article series where I take look at easy tools to help entrepreneurs can use to get their projects up-and-running….

These PlayStation 1 ‘demakes’ by NeoGAF artists will melt your mind

Over on gaming forum NeoGAF, something wonderful is happening. A thread called “NeoGAF turns modern games into PSOne-era classics!” has kicked off and talented…

7 reasons the Smart Fourtwo and Forfour might actually stand a chance this time around

Mercedes Benz recently unveiled new versions of the Smart Fourtwo and Forfour city cars. Except this wasn’t just another case of iteration, one model…

The fast and the frugal: 7 quick yet fuel efficient diesel vehicles

The 24 Hours of Le Mans is the ultimate endurance racing test, requiring engineering teams to balance outright speed with consummate efficiency. And thus…

‘Destiny’ Beta review: ambitious and fantastic fun

Between the Alpha and Beta versions of Destiny, of which I’ve played both, more than Peter Dinklage’s voice has changed. Bungie has created one…

Need some help managing your startup? Check out these 10 smart cloud tools

Managing a new company is daunting. Even more so in a time where the advancement of technology has led to the proliferation of utilitarian…

Disrupt everything: Lagos and the transportation overhaul

The streets are flooded, it has been raining all night and all morning, and I need a cab. I have a couple of meetings…

The human factor: Japan’s hyper-realistic androids breach the digital divide

The idea of human-like robots have always been the stuff of tech legend. The theme of robots acting as humans and containing a consciousness,…

Stellagy: using crowdfunding to bridge Africa’s educational gap

Around the world, governments and businesses are facing an ever complicating conundrum: high levels of youth unemployment and a shortage of job seekers with…

Games without borders: 9 heroes who break the ‘gruff white guy’ mould

Ah, diversity. That often neglected, yet all important topic that is jumping to the forefront of many a gaming argument these days. Following the…

7 improvements that would make Windows 9 the best Microsoft OS ever

There’s a myth around the tech world that Microsoft follows up its blockbuster OS with universally hated sequels. This theory seems to bear true…

This Peugeot is SO not 2008!

Wind the clock back a good few years and you will remember the Peugeot 1007 which debuted in 2004. The quirky little Pug was…

8Bit’s on a mission to empower SA’s indie publishers and beyond

8Bit Media has been extremely busy in the past six months. In between 88mph’s accelerator programme, founder Tom Kennedy and his significant other having…

6 inspiring insights to learn from photo-editing startup Over’s story

Photo-editing startup Over is all about inspiration. Just follow its Instagram account and you’ll find a range of motivational — often quirky — images…

Angry Birds Epic review: wicked fun, but bores easily

“Mich, will you review Angry Birds Epic?” the Gearburn editor asks me. I answer before he finishes the question. I like Angry Birds, it’s…

Celebrating Innovation: Redmi Note 14 Post-Launch Event in South Africa

How iGaming is becoming more accessible in South Africa

HP Ditches the 15-Minute Wait: Is This the End of Customer Service Hell?

GITEX Africa: Shaping the Future of Tech and Positioning Africa as a Global Powerhous

Gozem Secures $30M Series B to Fuel Super App Expansion Across Francophone Africa

Koop’s AI Housekeeper: Could This Be the Solution to SA’s Startup Compliance Headache?

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

Lucid CEO becomes strategic advisor

Golf 8.5 update with lots of Life

Tariffs trump US new car affordability needs